Wasters Know

(Ark.) Commercial as stating: ``It costs the taxpayers some $2.3 billion a year to run Congress, or $4.2 million per member.``

The next day`s front-page article ``S&L bailout agency creates more waste`` quoted Rep. Frank Annunzio (D.-Ill) as stating: ``While the taxpayers make greater contributions to the savings and loan bailout, the RTC

(Resolution Trust Corp.) spends money like it is going out of style.``

I guess it shows that it takes a government waster of taxpayer dollars to recognize a waster of government taxpayer dollars. The question is: When will both waste-oriented groups start cleaning up their acts of taxpayers` expense?